A lovely story about a missing cat that will ring true with anyone who’s ever lost a pet
This is a lovely story about the hunt for a missing cat where the delight really is in the detail.
Here’s a chap called Stu on Twitter to take up the story.
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Right, get yourself a brew and settle down, this story could take some time to tell….
Are you sitting comfortably? Good, then we'll begin….
— Stu. (@dysondoc) October 9, 2018
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He was close to home all along. Not just close, but really close. Not just really close, but the house directly behind ours close. All that time, while we were roaming the streets, half out of our minds with worry.
— Stu. (@dysondoc) October 9, 2018
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From what we’ve managed to put together, it must have happened something like this…
Last Saturday lunchtime when we let him out for his constitutional he went over the wall as he usually does. Either on his way out, or on his way back something must have spooked him.— Stu. (@dysondoc) October 9, 2018
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This lady happened to have her back door open because she has 2 cats of her own and Steve shot in her house and up the stairs. She went up after him, and after a few minutes managed to shoo him out again. Unbeknownst to her he must have sneaked in again.
— Stu. (@dysondoc) October 9, 2018
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Now she just happened to be going on holiday that evening, and had a friend who was going to come in twice a day and feed her two cats. So, she toddles off on her hols, we’re just starting to worry about where Steve has got to, and he’s under her bed.
— Stu. (@dysondoc) October 9, 2018
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So on Sunday morning her friend comes in to feed her cats. They’d agreed that it wouldn’t do them any harm to stay in for the week, so the back door stayed closed and Steve stayed under the bed.
— Stu. (@dysondoc) October 9, 2018
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And it went on like this for the whole week. Of course he didn’t go hungry because he was sharing food with the two cats who live there. He was using their litter tray. And had made himself a nice comfortable nest in her knicker drawer.
— Stu. (@dysondoc) October 9, 2018
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So, during the whole week we were out of our minds with worry, he was no more than 50 feet away all along. Chilling out with two new mates.
— Stu. (@dysondoc) October 9, 2018
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During this whole time, the friend who was coming in and feeding her cats never once caught a glimpse of him and had no idea he was there. She was maybe a bit concerned about the amount they were eating. Plus there was a lot of shit for just 2 cats.
— Stu. (@dysondoc) October 9, 2018
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But she didn’t for a second suspect what had happened, and that there was a secret lodger in the lingerie, living in the lap of luxury.
— Stu. (@dysondoc) October 9, 2018
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So our neighbour came home late on Sunday, said hello to her two cats and went to bed. Monday morning she hears something in the chest of drawers, takes a look, and nearly has a bloody heart attack.
— Stu. (@dysondoc) October 9, 2018
